Origins of Sephardic Jewry Dr. Henry Abramson
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2017
- Brief overview of the origins of Sephardic Jewry, from earliest settlement through the Visigothic period to the Muslim Conquest of 711.
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I'm a Brazilian-Italian/Portuguese of partly both Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish descent, and I couldn't be more proud of my heritage! 🇺🇸🇧🇷🇮🇹🇵🇹❤️🇮🇱
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What is your Y-DNA Haplogroup?
@@someone-wi4xl I-PF4088
dasilverwelshman
So from I2 .. i suppose then you are Jewish from your maternal line ?
I’m Arabian from the Arabian Peninsula
Under J1-M267 Haplogroup “J-P58” mutation
I know that there are Cohanim Jews under same Haplogroup but under ZS227 mutation
And we meet with them ~5000 years ago
I thought you are one of them
But still .. Haplogroup I is the brother of J :)
@@someone-wi4xl You are correct, it is, indeed from maternal line. By the way, you sound like a very knowledgable person, someone I could probably learn a lot from.
@@mrdasilver Can you tell us from which company you got your haplo info from? TY & warm regards fm 🇵🇹
I have recently discovered my Sephardi roots. It looks like my ancestors escaped Portugal to France and Britain. Then they lived in Britain firstly as openly Jewish and then crypto Jews for quite a few hundred years until they converted to Christianity.
It looks like we’re descended from António Fernandez Caravajal. Thank you for uploading this lecture 🙏🏼💖🌟
Yep, same.
@@bec5250 Hi, same story here: Toledo, Spain (openly Jewish 1400s) to Britain (crypto Jews 1500-1600s) then to America in 1636 as Christians. Descendant from the family of Diego Garcia de Toledo de Ayala. The origin of the family was a Rabbi Solomon ✡🥰🕎
Iam a indian christian working in Saudi Arabia and this lecture was very resourceful to us. God bless
Peace of christ w you my friend. May the Lord protect you there
@@magaman5154 from what?
Hinduism is the most absurd religion in the world because they believe in millions of God, now you believe in 2. You are very close to believing in 1 God. Don't stop learning about all religions of the world. There is 1 true religion and it is out there. Keep seeking. Your efforts will not be ignored by the Most Merciful, God.
Papa Joe ''1 true religion'' my ass...LOL !!!
@@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt I do not want to debate, I would just like to understand your perspective of many. Do you mean god in all things and nature like essence?
Dr. Abramson, thank you for this lecture. I am Sephardi, living in Galilee, Israel. Today is 29 Elul 5781 and Rosh Hashanah begins in a only two hours. So, this will be the last lecture that I get to hear before the new year begins. Thank you for your work to help people understand aspects of Jewish history. שנה טובה
I'm Puerto Rican. My last name is Perez. My sons' last name is Nazario (from Nazareth). Their dad is also Puerto Rican and from the region of Ponce, Puerto Rico which is home to a rich history of Converso or Crypto-Jews. One of my son's middle name is Israel. And it genuinely never occured to me why Israel would be a family name of their Dad's family. I was born in New York and always attributed the pull Jewish culture had on me to that, never did I imagine that I am of Sephardic Jewish descent. I get my Ancestry DNA back next week and cannot wait to see it! Thank you for this video.
So what were the result? My niece said hers was 5%
I was born in Colombia and did FamilyTreeDNA test. I chose that one bc many of my Colombian peers used it and they were hooked up with National Geographic. I had already been on a path of Judaism when I discovered Ashkenazi DNA marker, not Sephardic as many suspected. I have Eastern Europe and Slavic and some other areas in the region too.
I remember seeing "Perez" in the Genealogy before I even read the Jew texts of Torah, Tanaka, and so forth. I've seen the other spelling too, Peretz.
Hi fellow Boricua, ua-cam.com/video/QAHmjTqZgxU/v-deo.html
If you also have African ancestry (como yo), you’ll find this information interesting.
doesn’t show up in ancestry
I am from Poland and I just found out by genealogic tests that I'm about 20% sephardic. I am so excited to watch this great lecture!Thanks for sharing such a fascinating history Prof. Henry Abramson!
Shalom there!! Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
Interesting, My mom was from Warsaw, Poland, but her family were refugees that escaped during the war. I didn't know you came from Poland until i saw something in your comment Her name was Joanna. I didn't know that there were some Jews of Sephardic origins in Poland.
@Mocanu Stefan it's not the same if i write it because it was taught to me (verbally) Ladino is a mixture of 5 languages vocabulary but it is mostly pronounced phonetically as " Spanish-portuguese phonetics"
it goes something like this...." tengha piedad de mim, ayu-deme"
@@annecohen8927 There were very few Sephardi Jews in Poland the most famous was the City of Zamosc owned by Jan Zamoyski who on founding the city in 1588 invited Sephardi traders and Italian Jews to settle there (no Ashkenazim allowed) they were gone by 1650..also genetic profile for sephardim exists
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My grandmothers aunt (who raised her after her mother died) confessed on her death bed that she was Jewish, and told my grandmother never to tell people. She was very afraid of persecution. My grandmother was born in Mexico, but remembers strange looking furniture, and photos that didn’t look like Mexico. She said it looked European. My family by blood (dna test) says we are from the Iberian peninsula, with some Arabic. I would suppose we are Sephardi, but I have no idea how to trace things back. There is so little I have to go off of.
Henry Abramson thank you!
Hi Alyssa, to know how the Sephardic Jews ended up in Mexico, look into the new Documentary about Christopher Columbus life, where his descendants explain that he was born in Cuba Portugal, not Italy, from a Jewish mother and Catholic father and together with the Rabbi's in Spain, made a way to save the Sefardic Jews on the Voyage across to America.
There's another lady from Cuba who has a similar story. She traced her Jewish lineage all the back to Portugal and Spain in the XVI century. She lives in the US now, I believe. You should do your genealogy :)
As a Muslim born in Australia I found this lecture very interesting especially since I visited Andalusia southern Spain a few years ago and visiting the Jewish Quarter in Cordoba
As a Spaniard I have always been fascinated by the Sephardic culture. What a loss for Spain, what a shame. Thanks a lot for this very interesting lecture. I really enjoyed listening to you.
Your comments on how Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews reacted so differently to prosecution and stress was really revealing to me. It helps to better understand those two communities.
Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it
I'm Sephardic and am lucky enough to have returned to live in Spain. This is my home, the only place in the world I've ever felt it so. Spain's Jewish population has grown exponentially over the years, as has the awareness of Spain's Jewish heritage (a very good example of this is the Red de Juderías de España). I head a cultural association dedicated to the return of the Sephardic culture and language to Spain called La Kaza Muestra (our home).. Together with the Sentro Sefardi de Estambol, we have published several books and magazines in Ladino and we sponsor the only newspaper in the world published in Ladino, El Amaneser. If you are interested in any of this, please let me know.
Not a loss at all. Those sheenies participated in the Arab genocide of the Iberian people you fool. Viva Espania.
My SEphardic family tree includes Marmodanides. Was he descended frm Calif UMar?
My Afghan inlawrelatives are Sephardic and converted 500 years ago to Islam, . Did Spanish jews ally with Protestantism especisss=ally congregationalists supporting OLiver CRomwell to save msssacures by Catholic STewarts.
@@lookman-2844 No, but he did translate his works into Spanish
We are Jews from Aleppo , Syria and have many Spanish phrases and sayings and food in our culture , very interesting listening to your words,
the Jews from Spain who came to Aleppo in 1492-3 (they first arrived on Hannukah) still to this day light an extra candle every night of the Holiday in rememberance
Fascinating!
My family is African,Nordic,Spanish,Portuguese and Turkish Jew. We are Jamaicans. Our Jewish family ended up in Cuba,then spread to English islands for protection,after the inquisition came in affect. Meeting people and DNA research,led me here. Thanks a lot "Cousin"
We should link, given that our pedigree is similar. Jah Love.
Dr. Abramson, could it be possible to have you prepare a lecture on the Jews who fled Spain and settle in the New World even when they were violating an edict by which Jews were forbidden to cross the ocean? Thank you.
The city of Monterrey in Nuevo León, México, was established by Jewish conversos...a sad story of the Inquisition cracking down on them. During this period the Anusim fled all over what is modern Northern Mexico and modern Southern USA.
Yes I would love to learn about the first wave which was in the 1500’s I believe into New Spain or Mexico.
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@@DouglasMcLaurin Yeah, look up the Carvajal familia
What a fascinating lecture. The Sephardim simply don't get enough attention.
I'm here from my 23andme test, where I have a lot of Sephardic matches, most of which say their roots are from Syria and Morocco. I'm from the Caribbean and had no idea of any Jewish connection in my family. This is all quite interesting~
Many sephardic jews came to South America and Central America, running from The Inquisition. There's a lot of south and central americans who descend from sephardic Jews.
Probably they converted to Christians to avoid problems and that's why many of us may have sephardic roots and don't even know about it.
He is saying everything but that they were black and that the Sephardic Jews are bloodline Hebrews and the Ashkenazi Jews are proselytized Jews. Don't believe the lie. He is only speaking partial truth.
@@MoufAll-Mighty Why would that matter? A convert is 100% Jewish and you aren't supposed to bring up their past.
My family is from the Cabo Verde Islands and many of us have some Sephardic ancestry. Jews were amongst the Portuguese and Spanish who founded the islands and some emigrated later, as well.
@@MoufAll-Mighty What you say has already been genetically proven to be false.
What a magnificent lecture Dr. Abramson!
Being from Spain, I have always been taught about this matters from a Christian perspective, so thank you so much for giving me a different point of view of my country History.
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Tremendous ability of narration , interesting choice of topics, enjoyable , and instructive at the same time.
Sepharad was located in Mede where Iran is today (i.e., the land of the 3 wise Magi who paid homage to the infant Jesus). Therefore, people from Sepharad 👉WERE NOT descendants of Abraham, because the Medes of Northwest Iran were not Semites but Madaites, of 👿MADAI son of Japheth, 👉uncle of Ashkenaz.
BIBLICAL PROVE;
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and 👿MADAI, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: ASHKENAZ, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the GENTILES👈
SHEPHARI / MADAI
ASHKENAZ / GOMER
🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫
BOTH ARE CONVERTED JEWS. CONVERT MEANS TO CHANGE. BOTH ARE GENTILES ACCORDING TO GENESIS 10:2-5
@@darrylthomas4216 Shalawum Ack!!
I’m proud of the oral history my family has kept alive regarding our Shepardic Jewish ancestors. My Benoliel ancestors lived in Morocco then went to Gibraltar as merchants. Eventually my great-grandfather’s grandfather moved to England and his son came to America.
Fascinating
I just wrote an essay on the Sephardic diaspora recently for one of my last ever undergraduate papers, and I wish I had seen this lecture a few weeks back. Would have included and cited it as a source. Such a good lecture.
Thank you for the kind words!
would love a series on the jews of the Mizrach!
My Grandma mother was a Ladin speaking lady, born on a loving Spanish-Sefardi and Mexican family. My ladin is not quite so good, but i wish ladin languaje stays on our cultures
I was raised a Catholic and had no clue of my Ancestry. I discovered I am a Sephardic Jew and from the Ha Levi Line. So I am on a quest to discover my history.
Good talking crap
So was I. Luckily, I started studying Judaism and am now practicing it. I have not converted to Judaism. I do not see a need to do it.
Me too I just found out about my saphardic jew Ancestry I would like to find out more but I dont know where to start.
@@darrylthomas4216 then why do they call jews fron spain Sephardic jews? Spanish jews supposedly came from Judea.
@free citizen01 LIAR!!!! DNA RESULTS SAYS THEY FAILED
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ASHKENAZI Jews have substantial ancestry in 👉Europe. www.google.com/amp/s/www.the-scientist.com/daily-news/genetic-roots-of-the-ashkenazi-jews-38580/amp
Who are the descendants of Ashkenaz?
Hebrew Bible. In the genealogies of the Hebrew Bible, Ashkenaz (Hebrew: אַשְׁכְּנַז, 'Aškănaz; Greek: Ασχανάζ, translit. Askhanáz) was a descendant of Noah. He was the first son of Gomer and brother of Riphath and Togarmah (Genesis 10:3, 1 Chronicles 1:6), with Gomer being the grandson of Noah through Japheth.
JEPHETH IS THE FATHER OF EUROPEANS! #GENTILE
READ GENESIS 10:2-5
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I just want to thanks. I'm brazilian, watching aug 27 2020, cooking lunch and you catch me. Love the way you teach, i didn't see time pass by. I learned a lot, really, Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
I have Sephardic roots myself and I really enjoyed to learn your views about our origins. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and time ! God bless you !
Glad you liked the video!
Shalom there!! Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
Thank you for these videos/lectures. My two great-grandmother's on my mother's side of the family were Jewish, my mother's paternal grandmother was Ashkenazi Jewish from Bavaria, & her maternal grandmother was Sephardic Jewish from Mexico City.
Glad you enjoyed the videos.
Shalom, Dr. Abramson! What a great honor it is to hear your lectures! Your professional demeanor and intellectual insight make learning interesting and enjoyable. Toda Rabah.
Thank you!
You are an exceptional professor on this teaching. Thank you for allowing the public to see! Shalom
Thank you so much for such an informative lecture.
I am a descendant of Spanish Jews who later adopted Masonry in Spain.
My maternal Grandfather used to say that Jews in Spain and in the Spanish colonies on this side of the Atlantic Ocean had to profess as Masonic Brothers in order to have an excuse for not going to Mass!
Your pointing the statements in the letters of Paul of Tarsus give us clear inference/evidence that there were many, abundant, and, strong, Jewish communities in the First Centiry B.C.E.. which will surprise many!
That letter of the Apostle Paul was written by him in 1st century AD not BCE. He said his plan was to go to Spain but he would first visit christian Jews and gentiles of Rome.
I’m American of Arab descent and really enjoy your lectures. It ended well with hope when you mentioned Muslims and Jews living together for 500 years in peace. Inshallah we have 500 more.
Inshallah
Dr. Abramson I really appreciate all your lectures. The history of the Sephardic Jews is one of the most interesting subject within any study of European history.
I have been waiting for something like this for quite some time. The fact that the Sephardi produced Yosef Caro, who wrote the Shulchan Aruch and so much other literature but have few resources in English left me starved. And just the right man stepped up to take on this monumental task. I am ecstatic about this and hope it is the beginning of more detailed and distinct lectures that open us up to the minhag of the Sepharad.
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I found out that I'm Sephardic jew descdant last year, but still feel Spanish by the end of day. My goal is to visit the holy land where everything began and trace my remaining relatives with Sepharsic background. Now I know why Mom remembered my grandfather wearing a small black round cup on his head at all times not knowing herself that she was staring at a black kep pa.
@@dripeedrop I hope that you understand that it's great to be a Spaniard, but the contradiction is with Christianity. Spanish Catholicism was less a religion than a plague on your ancestors. Come home.
@@dripeedrop My Mom found out she had Shephardic Jewish descent also
@@dripeedrop ua-cam.com/video/CRYzSVPN9s8/v-deo.html
I’m Muslim and I love my Jewish people and I wish both Jewish and Muslims can live in harmony like they use to to and give eachother respect and value in the same government in Israel 🇮🇱 .. although the settlement in West Bank is not a nice thing to do... as when Jewish people who came to Israel or Palestine what ever u want to call it after ww2 Palestinians and Muslim brothers and sisters accepted them with love ... let’s get this love back
Thank you very much, Dr Abramson, for this lecture. I am researching about a certain Sephardic topic in musicology and history is very important for the proper understanding of my subject.
Check out the music called Mento .
Dr Abramson you are the real deal and I love you. Thank you for all your fascinating scholarly lectures that I listen to when I'm in my art studio. Also, please continue with the jokes!
Hello, I’m Catholic and I love to learn about my Jewish brothers and sisters. I believe it is so important to learn and understand our beginnings.
Well done! Thank you!
True I'm pentecostal
Thanks again for another outstanding and enriching lecture in Jewish history, dear Dr. Abramson!
I love your light-heartedness and modesty. Makes your brilliance shine all the more. your scholarship impresses and inspires me.
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm glad that you enjoy the classes.
@@HenryAbramsonPhD I do enjoy them. Judaism is lost if each generation is not continually educated. In fact, civilization itself is lost without our roots in the values and lessons of those who went before. Besides, learning is fun, and history (despite so much tragedy) is entertaining. I can see it as I "attend your classes. Your joy, sharing what you know, and bring it all together.
Very interesting. My family Is originally from northern Spain. From a town called Monzon. I carry those origins in my last name which is Monsonego. In the twentieth century the name was shortened to Sonego. Still Sephardic, still in love with Spain and still Jewish.
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Very interesting!
Dr. Abramson, can you please give a lecture on the origins and history of Jews in Persia?
Thank you!
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Even though my father's family came to America from Kiev and and my mother's family came from Warsaw, I felt most "at home" in Toledo. I had an uncanny feeling of connection to the Jewish life there in the 15th century. My wife and I were sitting on a veranda overlooking the ancient city at sunset and I had a revelation about having lived there before. I share this with you on the eve of Halloween.
Anyone can be jewish but not have bloodline/lineage of the Hebrews/israelites. Ashkenazi's are converts
@@mr.renaissancemts4083 you could not be more incorrect I repeat incorrect. Ashkenazi Jews are mostly descended from the northern tribes and has nothing to do with conversion of masses of people
@@michaelstein2317 not the 12 tribes of Israel. Ashkenaz are gentile nation according to Gen 10.
You must be joking? When Moses completed the Torah the word ashkenaz had not been invented or created. You need to stop learning Judaism from Christians
@Mr Renaissance MTS you must be kidding? When Moses completed the compilation and dictation of the Holy Torah the word ashkenaz had not been invented or thought of. You need to stop learning Torah from non-Jews.
Thanks so much from Saudi Arabia Dr Herny.
I learned a lot of the lecture.
I'm so glad that it was helpful!
Greetings from Tamil Nadu India.
Thank you professor Dr.Henry Abramson for sharing extensively and in depth.
Incredible incredible! You answered every question I had and even questions I did not know i had! Thank you so much! This was so in depth and exceptionally structured!
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Than you for your scholarship and your kindness.
My pleasure!
Even though it's 6 years old, this is such an interesting and informative lecture. As Crypto-Jews for over 400 years, it's amazing my family retained any vestiges of our Jewish Heritage. My family has emerged from the darkness, and we have embraced our Jewish identity. Hard to explain, but I feel complete.
god bless you dr hillel. and give u strength to continue your good work in educating us.
I enjoyed this history lesson. Thank you for the information presented in a clear, and precise way.
It's not a History lesson,Its An internet talk!
Thank you for your lectures. I have learned so much and absolutely love your gift of teaching. I could listen all day long! I can also see parallels in Jewish history to our current times and it starts to make political sense. Hashem bless you! Shalom
Amen and same to you! Thanks for the kind words.
Brilliant I’m half Sephardic I love Sephardic Jews
Sepharad was located in Mede where Iran is today (i.e., the land of the 3 wise Magi who paid homage to the infant Jesus). Therefore, people from Sepharad 👉WERE NOT descendants of Abraham, because the Medes of Northwest Iran were not Semites but Madaites, of 👿MADAI son of Japheth, 👉uncle of Ashkenaz.
BIBLICAL PROVE;
The sons of Japheth: Gomer, and Magog, and 👿MADAI, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. And the sons of Gomer: ASHKENAZ, and Riphath, and Togarmah. And the sons of Javan: Elishah, and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. By these were the isles of the GENTILES👈
SHEPHARI / MADAI
ASHKENAZ / GOMER
🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫🚫
BOTH ARE CONVERTED JEWS. CONVERT MEANS TO CHANGE. BOTH ARE GENTILES ACCORDING TO GENESIS 10:2-5
We love you too
Shalom there! Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
Loved your tie. Amazing lecture. Shared.
Listening to these lectures makes me so happy. Chag Sameach
What a wonderful and informative lecture. Thank you 🙏🏽
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am an Ashkenazi Latviak as well Dr Abramson and I will listen to this topic with a great interest...
Thank you. I’m researching my Sephardi background and found this interesting and insightful. I would love to see and learn more. And I love your tie. 😄
Thank you Sir. I've been listening to your lectures for some time(2-3 yrs.) now and will make a contribution. You're also a talented comedian (comedy from the Latin: comida=food) so thanks again for feeding us your food for thought❗😁🍷🍞📯🙌🕎📜🌴📖🦁 Muchas Gracias Don(Don from hebrew Adon meaning Lord/Sir/guardian of the bread, ("House of the bread=Beth-Lehem") term of honor/respect) Don Abramson. Todah Rabah.
Glad you found it useful!
@@HenryAbramsonPhD useful? I love it. Keep doing Ibad/service/work people are hungry for this knowledge. Thanks again.
Also, I do enjoy your jokes and hope you don't stop. The humor has interesting subtexts which, if delivered directly, wouldn't have the same complex shading. Plus, it breaks up and lightens the huge amount of information packed into such a small space.
Great lecture, Dr Abramson. Shalom!
Great lecture, Dr. Abramson. Poetry was the highest artistic expression of the Spanish Sephardic/ Muslim culture. Poetry is still the crown of Spanish literature.
Great lecture, always a pleasure. It could be argued that the Jewish authority in the Diaspora moved to Cordoba during the Califate in the 10th century. Abraham ibn Daud has a book that chronicles (albeit mythically not necessarily historically) the transfer of religious authority from Babilonia to the Iberian Peninsula. It begins with the capture of four of the most prominent talmudic scholars by Cordoban pirates and their arrival in the periphery. Interesting how just the location the the wisest rabbis can dictate these things.
Remarkable lecture regarding to Sepharad history.
Shalom there! Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
Thank you again Dr Abramson for the insight and inspiration
You are welcome!
I enjoy so much your videos here in Mexico, I watch them every day and they helped me so much because I want to study jewish history
Very important for Judaism Today
Fantastic, my family name is Moses, we migrated from Iberian peninsula to England then the states in 1623.
Very interesting!
@@HenryAbramsonPhD why did you not mention that the Sephardic Jews are Black?
@@robertmelbourne8837 this is an ongoing lecture series. Next time pay closer attention before you make accusations sir,
@@guyw99 The Truth will always be an Offense.. Prove me wrong Guy.. The Sephardic Jews were Black.
I am Brazilian and descendent of Sefaradi and I can't be more proud of it! Thank you!
Thank you for these lectures.
Thank you for this wonderful lecture. Most inspiring.
You are very welcome!
@@HenryAbramsonPhD sorry I didn't say before that I am a classical musician and perform and sing early music. The music coming out of the Sephardic history is incredibly beautiful for all the interplay between the Iberian cultures. Your lecture gave me a much better understanding of the human drives behind the music.
Great Lecture!
Islam is the truth
What a great approach to knowledge and sharing. Thank you for being an educator.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this lecture. My name is Stacy, I am from Texas and recently discovered my Sephardic ancestry. I am learning so much. Thank you sir. Also..... when I just listen to your voice... you sound just like Geraldo Rivera!! Lol
Shalom there! Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
I would like to discover and attend one of your session.
I very much interested in studying the history of sephardic cultures in our Jewish community. I come from Sephardic ancestors that have been in Spain. I have a friend that she is a professor of sephardic religion history, she lives in Sevilla Spain.
Great lecture on the presentation of Sephardic heritage.
Here is a wonderful academic. Bright, great sense of humor and sensibility which makes you a great historian, wish is a why, it makes a bit said while referring to the Iberian Peninsula, you prefer to use the word Spain. That causes a lot of misunderstandings, for example, while explaining that passage by 31:17 (going to Spain) since there are so many different names for the Iberian Peninsula (Still is the geographical name of that region today) throughout times in history:
Prehistory: Iberia (often mention it in by the Greeks)
Roman Empire: Hispania (from at 218 B.C- 409 AD)
Reconquista:
Portugal (founded in 1128 AD)
The Kingdoms of Castela, Asturias, Galiza, Leon, Aragon that, after a lot of battles, marriages and alliances became Spain 1469 AD, long after allt those documents and events.
That might seem a small detail to many, but while studying history, it is crucial, especially while analysing historic documents.
Other than that, loved watching the video, you are a wonderful speaker . Sephardic jews are part of Portugal and Spain heritage indeed.
Thank you so much!
most definitely a great lecture ... it is so important to scope history, to better understand the geopolitical situation of today
I appreciate the good work you do and you. Thanks, Mike L
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I am fascinated by Jewish history.
Find out more about your heritage and check out the 2500 years diaspora,
history, origins, biblical connections, worldwide Jewish communities, and fulfilled prophecies of
Sephardic/Mizrahi Jews ua-cam.com/video/rqU6EZ8WnXA/v-deo.html
Why is it that Judaic Studies/Jewish history academics mainly ignore studying Sefardi/Mizrahi Jewish history? If you look at many academic institutions in the U.S. that have Jewish studies programs most of the focus and funding is for Ashkenazi Jewish histories.
Henry Abramson what do you mean by that? Let me try...if we fund ourselves be determine our focus? So if American jews fund books univerities and content their focus will be on themselves? (they are ashkenaz not sephardic)
When will the public announcements come to the millions of Sephardi in Mexico so they can know what they really are? If Americans jew and non-jew would come to Mexican cities they would see for themselves and then simply speak the obvious. The majority of the "mexicans" in the concentrated cities (pick one!) are more "Jewish " in looks, culture mores, values than any jew in America.
dcentral because they're not the real Jews, & have occupied Judaism.
Music Alchemy TRUTH. I think Ashkenazi's unknowingly have occupied Judaism, & in this journey have wrongly rounded up people to Israel.
dcentral because the sefardí are the descendants of the Hebrews who lives in Jerusalem and destroy by Tito. Maybe there are one the the missing tribes. The other group are Hebrew or Jews😡😢😭
I really enjoyed your lecture! I would love to come visit someday.
Thank you for a most interesting lecture; I look forward to the next one.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am half Jewish was never interested in religion ,but I love history & Jewish history is one of the oldest most global
thank you for this rare information
Amazing lecture thank you!!
Thank you for what you do to explain our heritage. Wonderful lecture.
Thankyou for such a well made documentary
Thank you so much the lecture!
The apostle Paul only preached to the gentiles. He did talk to some Jews but his main goal was to reach the gentiles. Most of the "Christians" back then were Jews. There were Jews that could not believe that a gentile could actually be part of the faith. Nowadays people would say that is the other way around. So the congregation(s) in Spain that Paul visited were most probably gentiles or mix of Jews and gentiles.
The New Testament shares not only the religious point of view of what I just mentioned but also an historical one from a Jewish perspective, but also from a non-pagan gentile perspective and from a pagan-gentile perspective.
Paul also had many Jewish converts like the Berean Jews, Timothy, Silas, Priscilla, Aquila, Jason etc. Apostle Paul's relatives believed in Yeshua the Messiah first before him. 💖
Yes. Nazarenes/Christianity is Jewish. Its just that the gentiles should not be Jews as well as Jews not to be gentiles. Gentile christians should worship the God of Israel, should believe that Yeshua is the Messiah of Israel, should practice Torah laws about morality but they should not be Jews in a way that they should not be circumcised. That's the Jerusalem council's ruling.
Great class! So interesting! Thank you.
Thank you for the history lesson!
Via a cousin who did 45 years of study I’ve successfully traced one of my Sephardic lines back to Babylon and Roman era Israel they were Levites and later Rabbis one worked on the Talmud. Next time some anti semite says modern day Jews aren’t related to the ancient Israelites I’ll show them my family tree. And this family line goes back to one of the Kings of Judah it seems before the first exile:)
Yeah right
P C what is your Y-DNA Haplogroup?
🕎💕 Jesus bless the Jews.
@@someone-wi4xl How do you find that out????
I think that after many have discovered their Jewish identity there ought be a way to facilitate conversation or a kind of return. Many may like to return to the tribe. What I find so wonderful is the many matches I have in the hundreds if not thousands of Jewish cousins.
Interesting idea
It's so nice to have your thought provoking lectures back!!
In terms of distinct Sefardic/Iberian Peninsula Jewry, you assert two ideas that I think are least debatable...
1. You argue, that when faced with a choice between conversion or death; the Ashkenazi way was to choose death, whereas the Sefardim "believed in" life/Christianity. "Accommodation when pressured", fake conversion, and crypto Jews.. was "their way", and not a series of terrible blunders, miscalculations, and weaknesses.
2. Iberian Peninsula Jewrys' openness to wider culture was the direct cause for their later mass-conversion r'l.
I've never heard anyone present the choice that the majority of Sefardic Jewry took, in such a positive way! Of course it is true that there were a very small amount of the conversos that did in fact hold on to a small portion of Judaism against terrible odds for centuries. And we all know about the unimaginable cruelty they endured in the hand of the Inquisition. However, the fact is, that the vast majority of Spanish Jewry were lost forever (until והשיב לב אבות על בנים ). They mistakenly thought the decree was a fad that would quickly pass, but is was a tragic error, not an "alternative position".
In terms of your second point, (openness=leaving Judaism) many agree with you...
-The "official Chareidi position" agrees with you, both in modern day living, and in their understanding of the Spanish tragedy.
-Many Sefardim themselves agreed with you. Which is probably why they all but abandoned that way of life after they were expelled.
Finally, anyone that agrees with this position of "openness=leaving Judaism" should be forced back into the ghetto. Not one of us should be open to the outside world if it will ultimately lead to ourselves or our children abandoning Judaism.
Henry Abramson Wow, quick replies!! That is really nice. Good Shabbos.
I know a lot of Sephardic Jews that kept our traditions. The extremity Ashkenazi went through is daunting. Yet a large number of Ashkenazim are secular. So it didn't work as well as you thought.
Thank you, Professor, I just discovered your channel and I am fascinated with your lectures in English. I am from South America, so I listen to some outstanding Spanish scholars in the subject, in Spanish, based on historic records and the Spanish history which without the history of Sephardi Jews will be incomplete. My Spanish ancestors came to the New World about 150 years ago and I grew up with many old interesting Spanish traditions. I also grew up with the concept of the Sephardi being completely embedded in the Spanish identity, by blood and culture, considering them part of an original or vernacular settlement in the peninsula. Many of us, may be by the hundreds or thousands believe there is jewish blood and ancestry in us, and in my living in Spain and my many visits (we consider it our motherland) I always find out how Spaniards are so kind to the Sephardic ways, from their last names to the different customs throughout the different regions of Spain. It is like they have the jewish culture embedded in their traditions, herein the catholic background.
In 1492 many came to the New World and to this day we have kept in our countries some customs surprisingly Spanish (perhaps of Jewish descent?). I come from a catholic family, but we never ate pork in our home as kids. My father did not like the idea of eating pork because it was unsanitary, and he did not eat pork growing up. I had two aunts, who were both teachers and never married, the way they lived and ate was so similar to that of a kosher way of life, that I could not believe as I learned this at a latter day, being acquainted with a jewish family when I came to the United States. I was fascinated to see this and my point is that Spain or the history of the Iberian Peninsula will be not without the history of the Sephardic people.
English is my second language so I apologize for the errors. I just wanted to share these light notes with you and thank you.
I have Spanish Jewry in my family history . Will be interesting
I gave my mom candle sticks for lighting the Shabbat candles and she goes" oh that's beautiful, but I'll light them in(hidden!!) the guest room. Such cryptojewish mom I have.
I appreciate the discussion. Thank you.
Thank you! Wonderful speech and channel. Peace
Thank you very much for a very interesting lecture. Unfortunately this period is not very well known at all. Do you know of any rabinic figure that was at that time in spain?
Henry Abramson you mean in church chronics?
I think I have some Sephardic ancestry and found this first lecture extremely interesting. Thank you!
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This was an excellent lecture. I’ll try to get more from UA-cam.
24:30 It's actually well-established that Sepharad is Sardis (Sefardetis), in Western Anatolia. Tzarphat is Sarepta in Lebanon.
Only $250 for a shiur sponsorship!?! You are obviously not doing this for the money. Thank you so much.
Romero, what makes you think that deserve an education for free? Dr. Abranson's time has no value?
My maternal grandmother was a Castro on her father's side. I understand the Castro left palestine during the Barkochba revolution ...
Now you say it makes sense if you look at Fidel Castro you can see it in his face & color...he looks more like an ancient Jew than from Spanish+Indegineous mixed origin
Very informative lecture thank you I’am from the Philippines
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative. Thank you